Wilfred Feinberg

Wilfred Feinberg (June 22, 1920 – July 31, 2014) was a United States federal judge, who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Education and early career

Born in New York, New York, Feinberg received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1940 and served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He then received a LL.B. from Columbia Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review, in 1946. After graduating, Feinberg served as law clerk to Judge James P. McGranery of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1949. He was in private practice of law in New York from 1949 to 1961, except for service as the Deputy Superintendent of the New York State Department of Banks in 1958.

Federal Judicial Service